Beginner Off-Road Trails Near Palouse, Washington

This route starts on Highway 95 near De Smet, Idaho and travels through McCroskey State Park. This is a well maintained road that any vehicle should be able to take on. Signs along the way…
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The Korth trail is a 50" trail at McCroskey State Park. Both ends start out pretty wide like a logging road, but you'll drop into the timber where the trail narrows. This is where you'll…
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This is a county road only open from June 1-November 7 to motorized traffic, with gates closed during winter. This route is from gate to gate over Moscow Mountain through the woods. There is parking…
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This is a short but fun ride up to the Moscow Mountain lookout, which resides on the East Summit of Moscow Mountain. This trail is mostly dirt, with the first several hundred yards made up…
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Gold Hill (FS 770) is a 5.6-mile, point-to-point trail that takes drivers from US Highway 95 up into the Gold Hill trail network. Gold Hill starts in rolling wheat fields and ends up in the…
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Crane Point is a 3.7-mile out-and-back gravel road that climbs from US95 to Crane Point. The gravel road is well maintained and ranges from one to two vehicles wide. Crane Point serves as the main…
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Waterhole Creek Trail begins at Gold Hill - (Road 770) and climbs up through dense timber and along an open ridge to Prospect Peak, where it drops off onto Big Creek Road. The trailhead is…
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Palouse Divide West (FS 377) is a 15.3 point-to-point trail that, when starting from the west side, begins at the end of Big Creek Road. It winds down into the backside of Prospect Peak into…
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Big Creek Road is a 13.5-mile out-and-back gravel road that climbs from ID6 around the north side of Gold Hill and serves as an access point to many other trails in the Gold Hill trail…
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This is one of the more enjoyable trails in the area, with lots of elevation changes, several banked corners, and switchbacks. It is smooth and flowy, which makes for a great ride. The trail winds…
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Jerome Creek (FS 788) is a 10.4-mile, well-maintained gravel road loop that starts near Idaho Route 6 and climbs up the southeast side of Gold Hill before turning back down and reconnecting with itself. For…
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Chelsey Creek is a 6.4-mile point-to-point trail that breaks off of Big Creek Road into a small valley when starting from the lower east side. Through the valley, the road surface is a mix of…
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Rimrock Road is a point-to-point gravel road that skirts along the top of the Snake River Canyon. The trail is lined with private farmland on either side, so please be respectful when passing through. The…
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Steptoe Canyon Road is a point-to-point gravel road that climbs from the banks of the Snake River up to the Palouse plateau. The road is lined with private property on both sides, so please be…
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Flat Creek Trail takes you from the Ruby Creek Trailhead to Mica Mountain. This trail has a variety of surfaces, trail widths, and overall conditions throughout and presents an enjoyable trip for riders of various…
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Starting right at the trailhead, this is the main trail in the Ruby Creek/Mt. Margaret trail system. It is a relatively easy, two-track trail with some ruts, potholes, and washes but overall is a very…
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This short connector trail starts at the Giant White Pine Campground and Trailhead and connects to the 4-way intersection with Three Tree Butte and East Fork Meadow Creek. This is an alternate way to start…
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This is a fun and easy single track through a forest of giant white pines in the Clearwater National Forest. The south end starts from an intersection with Beason Meadows and it heads north. Turn…
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Three Tree Butte Trail No. 26 is a really fun alpine single track that is great for beginners or as part of a chill trail ride through this trail system. It starts from the north…
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This trail runs through timbered areas, with a good portion running through thick darker timbered areas making for a neat experience. This trail is not highly maintained so there is a fair amount of brush…
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This is a short connector trail from Beason Meadows to East Fork Meadow Creek. It goes along the bottom of a forest floor underneath tall and thick white pines and is lined with ferns, making…
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This trail starts out about as wide as a full road--very smooth, pretty wide open, and flat. It takes you back into the timber and stays this way for the majority of the ride before…
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This is a short spur off of East Fork Meadow Creek that starts off of the main trail at a signed intersection. It continues on a shelf on a trail that looks like an old…
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Little Bear is a nice short trail that connects Ruby Creek Trail to Flat Creek Trail. This trail has some deep water ruts and a fair amount of rock in the trail. This dirt trail…
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Road 4782 is just off Little Sand Creek Road, around a gate. Parking and camping are about less than a mile away at Laird Park. The first part of this gravel logging road is on…
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Klawa Creek Trail will take you through a combination of lighter open forest and thicker dark timber. The trail is mostly dirt, with some sections covered in a light amount of larger gravel. On this…
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This is a 50" trail that loops through the timber and clear-cuts between FS Road 768 and FS Road 1427. From 1427 it starts as a true 50" wide trail through thick timber, then it…
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This is a small piece of trail 224 that starts from the Palouse Divide dirt road that dumps out on a logging road that can be taken to connect to the rest of the 224…
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To access Sand-Moose OHV trail 8234, turn off of Forest Service road 381 and go past a parking area that has camping and a pit toilet. This is a gated road only open to 50"…
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This trail is just over 5 miles one way on an old logging road. One spot is a steeper narrow area. It's an overall easy ride with many additional trails off it. Gates on both…
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